Stealing Kansas City: the Crime Song of Chiefsaholic
He was the most famous superfan of the Kansas City Chiefs. He never missed a game –- home or away. He was famous for his rubber wolf mask, weightlifter pants and unhinged passion. But come to find out...
22 Aug 202356min
The Butcher Gets a Pardon: John Factor
John Factor may have been the lesser-known Factor brother, but that didn't stop him from weaving his way through history. Haircuts, Chicago mobsters, London cons, whiskey scams, Vegas casinos, and eve...
17 Aug 202350min
The High Cosmic Crimes of Lord Buckley
Imagine a jazz-voiced, reefer-smoking, nightclub comic, a man who preached love long before the Hippies, a cat who was on that cosmic trip of beauty in the decade before the Beats, and imagine this ma...
15 Aug 202353min
By the Power of the Moon: Dr. Dante
You want to make money. So you become a hypnotist. Along the way, you marry a starlet, hire a hitman, fight Johnny Carson, start a university, and teach people to make paper flowers. Ah, the life of a...
10 Aug 202352min
Gram Theft Parsons: How to Throw a Rock n' Roll Funeral
He had country music wanderlust and rock star ambition. He was a scion of wealth and privilege. Oh, and he was best friends with Keith Richards! Gram Parsons was someone who was here for a good time n...
8 Aug 202345min
King of the King of the Con Men: Wilson Mizner
Wise-cracking Wilson Mizner was a legend among legends when it came to cons. Witty, creative, tough, daring, wild, and forever in the right place at the right time. From the Alaskan Gold Rush to the S...
3 Aug 202348min
"Say Hello to My Amish Friend": Drugs in Pennsylvania Dutch Country
No one expects to hear stories of beard-loving, barn-raising, technology-avoiding Amish and Mennonites being involved in street crime. Let alone that they have secret pot-growing empires. And outlaw b...
1 Aug 202355min
Once, Twice, Three Times an Art Crime: Theft of "Two Laughing Boys"
The Dutch are famous for a lot of things: tulips, cheese, fine art, double jump rope. They are also pretty good at both stealing and having a paintings stolen, apparently. What happens when the same p...
27 Jul 202344min
